[Dixielandjazz] Who can spot the flaw in this story?

[David Richoux]

Ken and Bill both get the prize  but at first it made me wonder if 
there was some other unknown inventor who did record Lincoln?

this was towards the bottom of the article:
> Unconfirmed rumours abound that Abraham Lincoln even made a recording 
> during the Civil War in 1863.


Dave Richoux
On Jul 23, 2004, at 4:56 PM, Bill Gunter wrote:

> Dave Richoux asks:
>
>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Who can spot the flaw in this story?
>
> The story begins: "Queen Victoria, Abraham Lincoln, Florence 
> Nightingale and other characters from history may soon be able to 
> speak again, as scientists perfect techniques to recover the sound 
> from recordings that are far too delicate to be played."
>
> Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.
>
> Edison's Biography says: "In 1877, Edison invented the carbon-button 
> transmitter that is still used in telephone speakers and microphones. 
> In December of the same year, he unveiled the tinfoil phonograph. (It 
> was 10 years before the phonograph was available as a commercial 
> product). In the late 1870s, backed by leading financiers including 
> J.P. Morgan and the Vanderbilts, Edison established the Edison 
> Electric Light Company."
>
> It would be some trick for Lincoln to record anything on a device that 
> wasn't invented until 12 years after his death.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com